Name: "Rhodospira visakhapatnamensis" (Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007) Koziaeva et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseospira visakhapatnamensis Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007

Etymology: vi.sa’kha.pat.nam.en.sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. visakhapatnamensis, referring to Visakhapatnam

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1365; DSM 19947; JA131; JCM 14190

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM282560 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Roseospira visakhapatnamensis Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseospira visakhapatnamensis Kalyan Chakravarthy et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998

Assigned by: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/rhodospira-visakhapatnamensisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 37019